Circle over Waterville, ME
A witness account on file, unevaluated. Most of the archive rests here, and honestly so.
The report, as filed
Saw circular object glowing a few thousand feet above our house. Grabbed my telephoto lense and shot the attached picture. Object continued to rise. To the naked eye I thought it may be a hot air balloon, but it was extremely high and it was getting dark out. Once I took the picture, I was able to zoom in and see that it didn’t resemble a hot air balloon. After about 20 minutes it was too high to see.
Held as-reported from National UFO Reporting Center (record NUFORC #177846). Witness text is preserved verbatim, including its spelling; nothing is edited beyond formatting.
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Routed to: Federal Aviation Administration · records window 2023-08-23 → 2023-09-09
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